[meteorite-list] NASA Invites Journalists, Video Game Experts To Review Online Game

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:23:52 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201006291723.o5THNqjr023777_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

June 28, 2010

Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1761
sonja.r.alexander at nasa.gov

Mitch Gross
Virtual Heroes, Research Triangle Park, N.C.
347-688-9703
mgross at virtualheroes.com
MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-097

NASA INVITES JOURNALISTS, VIDEO GAME EXPERTS TO REVIEW ONLINE GAME

WASHINGTON -- News media and video game reviewers have an opportunity
to preview a new NASA video game, Moonbase Alpha, in advance of its
worldwide release.

Moonbase Alpha is a game with single and multiplayer options where
players step into the role of an exploration team member in a
futuristic 3-D lunar settlement. Their mission is to restore critical
systems and oxygen flow after a nearby meteor strike cripples a solar
array and life support equipment.

NASA will release the game on Valve's Steam network on Tuesday, July
6. The Army Game Studio produced the game with development by Virtual
Heroes, a division of Applied Research Associates in Research
Triangle Park, N.C.

Reviewers can get early access to the game by contacting Mitch Gross
of Virtual Heroes at 347-688-9703 or mgross at virtualheroes.com by July
1.

The game is a proof of concept to show how NASA content could be
combined with a cutting-edge game engine to produce an experience
that inspires interest in science, technology, engineering and math
-- skills critical to achieving NASA's exploration goals.

For more information about Moonbase Alpha, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/moonbasealpha

For information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/education
        
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Received on Tue 29 Jun 2010 01:23:52 PM PDT